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PSED UE PR R3 R4

Posted byRosalind Orchard24 March 2021Posted inUncategorised
  • Be a secure base for toddlers to return to for “emotional refuelling” when encountering novel situations or social conflict and challenges.
  • Create regular opportunities to be in very small groups or 1:1 times with the key person.
  • Reduce frustration and conflict by keeping routines flexible so that young children can pursue their interests.
  • Understand that “emotional storms” are a sign of a child being overwhelmed by strong emotions such as anger, frustration, fear, anxiety and sadness.
  • Show empathy and stay close by to offer support and reassurance as the child calms after an emotional collapse.
  • Use real life experiences to help children to understand a wide range of emotions in others and themselves by talking about different emotions as they occur during play.
  • Model empathy and talk about others’ feelings. For example, Amaya is feeling sad today because she is missing her mummy.
  • Understand that young children communicate their feelings through their behaviours and respond by showing empathy for their underlying feelings
  • Demonstrate clear and consistent boundaries without being rigid and unreasonable
  • Take children seriously and understand their motivations and underlying reasons for their actions.
  • Show you are supportive by empathising when toddlers’ attempts at assertion and negotiation go wrong and helping them to find more effective ways.
  • Show fairness; apply rules consistently but reasonably and flexibly when necessary.
  • Support young children’s rights to be kept safe by others by helping them to assert themselves positively and by respecting their bodily integrity
Posted byRosalind Orchard24 March 2021Posted inUncategorised

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